I've yet to see him in anything where he's actually funny, or displays even a modicum of talent. Along with other "entertainment" ciphers like Julia Roberts and Britney Spears, he sort of personifies the banality that American culture has descended to. In the past, you had to have some sort of talent before you became famous. Or, if you were talentless, you had to have an otherworldly beauty or sexiness. Now, we've come to a point where almost anybody can become "famous". I guess some might see that as a triumph for egalitarianism, but if you enjoy quality in your movies, your music, your books...it's nothing short of depressing to contemplate. What's happened to us? We were the culture of jazz, of rock music, of Bogie and Cagney, of Billie Holiday, of Edgar Allen Poe and Mark Twain...now we're the culture of Britney and Adam and Stephen King and John Grisham. I certainly don't have the knowledge or intelligence to offer a cogent explanation of why this has happened in America, but I know now that every Hanukkah season, without fail, I'm going to be "treated" to countless repititions of Sandler's "Hanukkah Song", along with John and Yoko singing "Happy Christmas (War is Over)". Difference being, of course, that Lennon had immense talent (even if Yoko didn't).
